Football: Starting from being abandoned by Barcelona

The result of impatience is bound to be full of loopholes.

Just when Chelsea was blindly strengthening its offense, this caused loopholes in their defense.

Vardy's foul gave Chelsea a free kick opportunity in the midfield area, and the player who took the penalty was Fabregas, who was newly transferred this season.

For Fabregas, this transfer was originally intended to become a main player, not to serve as a substitute.

But Chelsea's fighting power this season is far less than in previous years, which is a great disappointment for him.

He is full of resentment about the team's decline, and he also has complaints about Mourinho's tactical arrangements.

Fabregas knows that even if Chelsea wins today, it cannot cover up the seriousness of the problem.

But for now, he can only try his best to complete the free kick and strive for scoring opportunities for the team.

When Fabregas came to Chelsea, the outside world had been speculating that he was here to replace Li Lei or Lampard who was sold.

In order to leave a place for him, the club chose to sell these two core players.

The media and fans are discussing whether Fabregas can fill the gap in the forward line.

The pressure on his shoulders is very great, after all, he has to replace the two meritorious core players of the team.

Now Fabregas realized that he could not replace Li Lei and Lampard at all.

They are the leaders of the team, and Chelsea's strength plummeted after selling them.

If the team still had Li Lei and Lampard, it would not have fallen to this field today.

Maybe the club's top management wanted to use Fabregas to fill the vacancy left by the two, but it is obvious that he can't fill this hole.

Now Chelsea's tactics are chaotic, and even his own role positioning is unclear.

For this reason, he also wants to prove himself, to prove it to the fans, to the media, and even to the top management of the club.

At this moment, Fabregas took a deep breath, forgot all the unhappy troubles and prepared for the penalty kick. He must cheer up and not let negative emotions affect his performance.

Since the free kick point is far from the goal, Chelsea adopted a long pass tactic.

Fabregas kicked the ball directly into the penalty area, and used the ball's falling nature to pass it to the tall Pedro and Costa.

The two of them are Chelsea's frontcourt heavy gunners, and they have a unique advantage in headers. They can make full use of their height and jumping ability to overwhelm their opponents in the air.

Pedro and Costa began to compete fiercely in the air with the Leicester City defenders.

They were eager to revive and head the ball into the goal in the air.

The Leicester City defenders also fought hard and must not let the opponent succeed easily.

If they can clear the ball smoothly, they will have a chance to counterattack.

In the melee, Pedro headed the ball first, but his header did not hit the target, but flew to the back point.

Morgan at the back point saw the ball flying and hurriedly cleared it. The third landing point of the ball just fell at Drinkwater's feet.

Li Lei, who was standing on the periphery, saw the situation and immediately shouted "Counterattack!"

Drinkwater, who received the signal, stopped the ball immediately and drove straight into Chelsea's half.

Chelsea's defenders were still scattered to clear the ball with headers, and were completely unaware of the threat of counterattack.

After receiving Li Lei's counterattack signal, Leicester City's frontcourt players immediately advanced collectively and quickly, aiming at Chelsea's penalty area.

At this time, Chelsea's half was empty, and there was no one to return to defense, and an excellent counterattack opportunity appeared.

Seeing the situation, Chelsea's defenders rushed forward to block Drinkwater, and Li Lei and Vardy in the frontcourt also attracted the attention of the defensive players.

Drinkwater was quick-witted and passed the ball to Albrighton before being double-teamed.

At this time, Chelsea was unable to separate players to defend Albrighton, and could only let him drive straight in.

When Ivanovic realized that the situation was not right and hurried forward, it was too late.

Just as Ivanovic tried to intercept Albrighton, Leicester City's Mahrez had already inserted from the side and formed a two-on-one advantage with Albrighton.

Mahrez got Albrighton's wonderful transition and faced the last remaining goalkeeper Courtois alone.

Mahrez shot decisively and the ball went into the net!

"gooooooal!!!!"

"Goal! 2:0! Mahrez changed the score in the 50th minute! A wonderful counterattack tactic!" host Keane said excitedly in the studio.

"That's right, no one would have thought that a foul by the opponent would be counterattacked into a goal, it's incredible!" Jones continued.

"The whole counterattack process, Li Lei and Vardy contributed a lot."

"They attracted the attention of Chelsea's defense and let Albrighton getMahrez scored a goal in the last chance. "

"And Li Lei's counterattack command was very accurate, using Chelsea's defense to free up space, which enabled him and Vardy to cooperate perfectly and distract the opponent's defender."

As the game progressed to the latter part, Ranieri on the sidelines was already full of smiles, giving warm applause to the players for their outstanding performance.

In sharp contrast, Mourinho's face was terribly gloomy, and he looked in a very bad mood.

At this time, the Royal Power Stadium was filled with a joyful atmosphere, and Leicester City fans shouted the names of the players to support the team to victory.

Leicester City players were also immersed in happiness. They scored a beautiful counterattack goal and basically ensured the victory.

And Chelsea was powerless to turn the tide, and the players were dejected and in a very bad state.

Mourinho was also very clear about the defeat the team faced today.

"Ranieri's training of the players is really good! The gap in strength, the skills are not as good as others! "Mourinho thought at this moment.

Facing the score behind and the team's poor state, Mourinho began to make substitutions.

First, he replaced the old captain Terry with Remy, hoping to inject fresh blood to change the team's momentum.

Then Mourinho replaced Oscar, who was in a sluggish state, and let Cahill play, hoping to strengthen the team's offensive power.

These two substitutions were obviously Mourinho's attempt to boost the team's morale and change the backward situation.

Although Chelsea was at a disadvantage, Mourinho's on-the-spot command ability was still very good, and the two substitutions quickly took effect.

In the 77th minute, Pedro made a wonderful breakthrough at the edge of the penalty area and assisted Fabregas to push the ball into the net!

Fabregas finally scored the first Chelsea goal of the game, changing the score to 2:1!

Mourinho's substitution adjustment worked, Chelsea's forward line found the rhythm, and the defense organization was much more stable.

Although still behind by one goal, the goal seemed to project Chelsea players, which made them regain their fighting spirit and launched a crazy counterattack.

For this reason, Leicester City began to retreat and actively defend, trying to maintain the lead, but Chelsea's offensive continued.

Old coach Ranieri hurriedly made substitutions to strengthen the defense.

First, Gokhan Inler replaced Mahrez, who was exhausted.

Then Andy King replaced Vardy, so as to ensure the team's defensive ability by strengthening the midfield players.